Why is this Ramones song different from all other Ramones songs? With Dee Dee doing “ooooooooooooohs” in the background, that chorus shows just how much pure pop was mixed up in their insanely fast tempos and crazy loud guitar. The difference was that they used their precision to roar through short, catchy and hilarious songs. Utter and total precision: weirdly enough that was what the Ramones shared with the art rock bands they were rebelling against. It had to be, in order to work: every single note exactly where it was supposed to be, I’m mean check out the clipped clarity of how Joey sang “bop” not even really bothering to finish the word. Of course, this was all calculated as fuck.
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Four weird-ass outsiders, figuring out how to make everything old new again, with a rallying cry for the ages, as his band drops out and rejoins him. You can talk about The Stooges and the MC 5 and the New York Dolls, or you can talk about The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Buzzcocks, but this is where it all began. In one channel, there’s Johnny Ramone, his mighty right hand smashing his guitar at what felt like an unbelievable speed, while in the other channel Dee Dee Ramone pummeling his bass in unison, while Tommy Ramone, who wasn’t even really a drummer, reduced the beat to just the basics - hi-hat, kick and snare, with the occasional cymbal smash for color - over which Joey Ramone sang in his weird yet tuneful voice. This one has one great song after another, most of them written between our first and second albums.Like other great opening tracks from world-changing debut albums - “ Good Times, Bad Times,” “ Just Like Honey” - it’s all there from the very beginning: that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. "The band had reached its peak both in the studio and live. "This was the best Ramones album, with the classics on it," Johnny Ramone proclaimed in his autobiography, Commando.
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We'll never give free concerts in the park." But we're not into changing to be commercial. Singer Joey Ramone had a similar reaction when it was suggested that the Ramones were 'getting more commercialized': "It happens, you know, there's nothing you can do about it. We keep hearing that everything sounds the same." We wanted a well-balanced album that people could listen to. We're punk, we're pop, a little of everything. In the beginning, even if we wanted to write pop songs, we were incapable of it. We've always liked pop songs," guitarist Johnny Ramone shrugged when asked if Rocket to Russia was 'more pop than punk' during a 1978 interview. "I don't think it's any particular direction of any sort. The three singles from Rocket to Russia are the band's only three songs to impact the Billboard Hot 100: "Rockaway Beach" (#66), "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" (#81), and "Do You Wanna Dance" (#86). A formidable showing, considering the most popular album in America that week was the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Released November 4, 1977, Rocket to Russia did resonate with America youth eager for pure, uncut guitar-powered aggression the album crashed the Billboard 200 to peak at #49 over the week of February 18, 1978.
Packed with instant classics including "Sheena is a Punk Rocker," "Rockaway Beach," and "Teenage Lobotomy," Rocket to Russia really should have propelled Ramones to the pinnacle of the rock 'n' roll universe. The third (and last) studio effort featuring the original lineup, the record still rocks with an unbridled and casual confidence that oozes from the rapid-fire riffs and bubblegum harmonies. It's easy to hear why so many Ramones fans consider Rocket to Russia as the band's best album.
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